Comments on: Harley Davidson Sportster Off Road Conversions

By: charlesb52

charlesb52 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:38:33 +0000

Nice pieces of work!! All!!!

Greets from the Netherlands,
charlesb52 & Sportzilla

By: Remeber flat track

Remeber flat track — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:54:56 +0000

Harley continuously outsells the competition.
Having worked as a motorcycle mechanic for years (Benelli then latter Honda…etc), I remember the Suzuki intruder, , funny that the “Jap bikes” have always and still do copy the style and performance designs of others, i.e. Harley Davidson, Ducati, Husqvarna etc… .
Don’t take it wrong the Japanese build some great bikes!
For all the manufactures it is a matter of targeted marketing, and economics, not superior technology.

By: joe

joe — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:13:49 +0000

Technically HD did make a sportster based adventure bike although it was under another name BUELL. too bad they stopped making those. they were almost comparable to the BMW adventure bikes with the boxer motors.

By: Johnny McDaniel

Johnny McDaniel — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:36:21 +0000

What kind of frame did you use? Is the tank a YZ 490 tank? Any info on this would be helpful. It looks like a great trail bike and looks fun to ride. Thanks

By: bajaharley

bajaharley — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:02:05 +0000

I own the the black dualsport harley (third picture down from top) and I must say, its the best heavy weight “offroad” bike I have ever owned. Better than my R100 GSpd, R1100GS, R1150 GS and dl650. The motor is simply a tractor and chugs up terrain at idle that would stall the other bikes.

The bike was not intended nor can it compete with light weight thumpers on single track but on fire roads and two track, it works very well. It weighs in at 445 lbs which is about 60 to 75 lbs lighter than my 1150 GS and has the old school simplicity and reliability that I was looking for.

Here are a few more pics

Http://www.map-engineering.com/images/harley%20dual%20sport.jpg

Http://www.jimmyjib.com/motorcyc/bajaharley10.jpg

http://www.jimmyjib.com/motorcyc/har2.jpg